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Lives of early Buddhist nuns : Biographies as history / Alice Collett ; with a foreword by Jonathan S. Walters and an afterword by Martin Seeger.

By: Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xxxi, 276 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199459070 (hardback)
  • 019945907X (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.30954 COL 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ6150 .C65 2016
Contents:
Table of Contents Contents Foreword by Jonathan S. Walters Acknowledgements List of abbreviations General introduction Part one: Pali biographies Introduction; 1. Dhammadinna 2. Khema; 3. Kisagotami; 4. Pa=ac=ar=a; 5. Bhadd=a Kualakes=a; 6. Uppalava=a; Part two: Themes and issues; 7. Female teachers: Dhammadinn=a; 8. Female beauty: Khem=a; 9. Female wanderers: Kis=agotami; 10. Family, marriage, and class: Pa=ac=ar=a; 11. Female conversion: Bhadd=a Kualakes=a; 12. Female characteristics: Uppalava=a; Conclusion Afterword by Martin Seeger Glossary Bibliography Index About the author
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.

Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Jonathan S. Walters
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
General introduction
Part one: Pali biographies
Introduction;
1. Dhammadinna
2. Khema;
3. Kisagotami;
4. Pa=ac=ar=a;
5. Bhadd=a Kualakes=a;
6. Uppalava=a;
Part two: Themes and issues;
7. Female teachers: Dhammadinn=a;
8. Female beauty: Khem=a;
9. Female wanderers: Kis=agotami;
10. Family, marriage, and class: Pa=ac=ar=a;
11. Female conversion: Bhadd=a Kualakes=a;
12. Female characteristics: Uppalava=a;
Conclusion
Afterword by Martin Seeger
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author